Bottle attachment.



W. L. DROUILHET.

BOTTLE ATTACHMENT.

APPLICATION FILED NOV- 13. 1915.

Patented Dec. 26, 3916,

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BOTTLE ATTAC MENT.

Specification of Letters Patent. P tented Dec. 26, 1916.

. Application filed November 13, 1915. Serial No. 61,378.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that 1, WILLIAM L. DROUIL- nn'r, a citizen of the United States, residing at Galveston, in the county of Galveston and State of Texas, have invented new and useful Improvements in Bottle Attachments, of which the following is a specification. I

The invention relates to bottles and jars and has for its object to provide an attachment therefor, said attachment being particularly adapted fornse on poison bottles and the like for the purpose of preventing persons from accidentally taking poison and wherebythey will be served with notice that the bottle contains poison, when particularly in the night season, they endeavor to extract the cork or stopper of the bottle, mistaking the bottle for one containing another or nonpoisonous substance.

The invention contemplates among other features the provision of a bottle of a simplc construction and which normally prevents the removal of the cork or stopper and must be somanipulated as to change the position of a member on the bottle in order to Figure 1 is a perspectlve view of the bottle, showing the cork or stopper in place,

with my attachment applied to the bottle; Fig. 2 is a side elevation, showing the manner of moving my attachment out of the way or path of the stopper to permit its removal from the neck of the bottle; Fig. 3 is a vertical sectional view taken through the attachment and the bottle showing one of the uprights omitted; Fig. 4: is a bottom plan view, showing the manner of securing the label on the attachment; Fig. 5 is a perspective view of a modified form of my device, showing the same in normal position; Fig. 6 is a side elevation of the structure shown in Fig. 5, the bottle being shown in tilted position with the cork removed; and Fig. 7 is a vertical sectional view taken through the structures shown in Figs. 5 and 6.

Referring more particularly to the views I provide a bottle 10, closed by the usual cork or stopper 11, said bottle having a neck 12 and the usual annular flange 13 at the opening to the neck. The attachment consists Eric.

more essentially of a member 14, which in this instance, is shown to consist of a single piece of wire bent to form uprights l5 and a cross piece 16, with the lower ends of the upr ghts termlnatmg 1n sprmgs 17 and said wire being then bentafter the form of one of the springs, to encircle the bottle and member attached to the wire at the point of formation of the other spring, said encircling portion consisting of a supporting member as indicated by the numeral 18, and which supports the attachment on the bottle.

It will be clearly seen that the cross piece 16 of the member 14 will prevent the removal of the cork from the bottle, making it necessary toofirst move said cross, piece to a non-obstructing position. In order to do this it is necessary to swing the upper portion of the member out of the plane of the cork or stopper and against the action of the springs 17 which normally hold the member in the plane of the stopper. When the member has been moved out of the way as mentioned the cork can be uninterruptedly removed from the neck of the bottle as will be clearly seen by referring to Fig. 2. The

cross piece 16 in thisinstance is bent in op-- posite directions to form offsets 19 clearly shown in Fig. l, with a portion of the cross piece extending diagonally between the oilsets and a label 20 secured to the offsets 19,

as shown, said label being in the nature of a plate which has its ends bent around the offsets. This label forms a part of the member and is adapted to have the word poison inscribed thereon so that the attachment, when used on a poison bottle will I not only show to the person who" desires to take some medicine from the bottle, that this particular bottle contains poison by reason of the label thereon, but the attachment itself furthermore prevents the removal of the cork until a portion of the attachment is moved out of the plane of the cork so that the cork can be extracted, thus giving notice 1 to the user that the bottle contains a poisonous fluid or substance.

in Figs. 5, 6 and 7 there is shown a modified form of the device and in which instance the member is indicated by the numeral 21 and is substantially of a U-shape and arranged to swing thereon are oppositely projecting lugs 22 struck from a supporting member23 in the nature of a band encircling the neck 12 of the bottle 10. The lower ends of the member 21 have weights 2% secured thereto and the said member is formed to provide uprights 25 and the cross piece 26, which preferably has the word poison inscribed thereon, thus constituting a label in the same manner as the label 20.

Now it will be clearly seen that the normal position of the member 21 is arranged above and in such relation with respect to the stopper or cork that in order to remove the stopper or cork it is necessary to tilt the bottle, thus through the medium of the weights, causing the member to be swung out of the vertical plane of the cork or Stopper so thatthe same can be removed from the bottle. So also, when the bottle is tilted into a pou'ing position, the weights will cause the member 21 to swing on the supporting member so that the member 21 will be disposed out of the vertical plane of the mouth of the bottle and not interfere with the pouring of the contents thereof.

From the foregoing description it will be clearly seen that the device consists of few parts; is simple in construction and can be cheaply manufactured to accomplish the de sired result.

Furthermore my device can be attached to bottles or jars of various sizes and dimensions and on account of the fact that a portion of the attachment must be removed out of the way of the cork to permit of the removal thereof, it will act as a safeguard to prevent the accidental taking of a poisonous fluid or substance.

It will be clearly understood that I do not limit myself to the particular construc tion set forth in the views; since the attachment may be mounted in any convenient manner upon the'bottle and that particularly in Fig. 7 the swinging member may be mounted in any desirable manner provided it performs the functions and uses set forth. c Having thus described my invention, I claim:

1. In combination with a bottle having a cork, a member having a portion thereof arranged in obstructing relation with respect to the cork and adapted to be moved to a position to permit of the removal of the cork from the bottle, said member consisting of an integral strand of spring-like wire bent to provide a U-shaped member, the limbs of the member being bent to form a plurality of opposed springs, and also a continuous neck encircling portion whereby the member will be detachably supported on the bottle.

2. in combination with a bottle having a cork, a member movably supported on the bottle and normally lying in obstructing relation with res )ect to the cork, said member comprising a cross piece bent to form offset portions and adapted to be moved to a position to permit of the withdrawal of the cork from the bottle, a label on the cross piece and secured to the oppositely bent 0E- set portions thereof, with the label lying above and over the vertical center of the cork. r

3. In combination with a bottle having a cork, a member movably supported on the bottle and normally lying above and over the cork, said member embodying a diagonally extending cross piece, terminally bent to provide oppositely extending ofiset porions, a label on the cross piece of the memher and secured to the oppositely extending offset portions of the cross piece.

, In testimony whereof I afiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

7 WILLIAM L. DROUILHET.

Witnesses FRoGMAYnR, C. MAGGIONE.

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